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How To Work With LBSS Files

This topic covers how to import files of a very specific type,
created with the interface called LBSS. This interface provides
lending institutions with comprehensive control of accounts
assigned to outside collection agencies and attorneys. It
allows for direct interface between any collection agency
or attorney using Collect! and any lending institution using
ACSwitch. This interface is referred to in long-hand as the
London Bridge Agency Control Switch.

This is for end- users who are not using the current
import/export module and are running on dated
versions of Collect!.

See the Help topic LBSS Import Library for more
information on opening the import library.

Import Account Download

This series of steps will import an account download file.

For concise storage, reproducibility and easy access,
it is recommended that you create a sub-folder
structure under your CV11 folder to store your
incoming and outgoing files that are separate from
each other and clearly labeled. Files stored in the
folders should bear meaningful names so that you
know what they are and where they came from. If the
date you received/created them is other than the
system date of the file itself, you may wish to
incorporate the date into the file names as well
for organized audit trail of your incoming and
outgoing data files.

For purposes of the examples in this Help page, we will assume
data exists in the simplest named sub-folders, "In" for files being
received for import and "Out" for files being sent out to clients
or attorneys.

3. Press F2 to select the file format to import. The list of
file specifications is displayed. Select Account Download
from the list.

4. Enter the name of the file containing the new accounts
stored in the In folder. Example, if the file is named
ad001000.dl and stored in your "In" sub-folder, key in
'in\ad001000.dl' and click OK.

5. Click START to start importing. The import will read the
file and display the header record, containing the total
numbers of the different records in the file.

For more information on this import, check LBSS ACCOUNT DOWNLOAD.

As It Imports

Press the Y key to continue, and examine the next record
being imported; press C to cancel, and press A to import
"All" records from the file.

If you choose to view the records one at a time as they
are being imported, you will see them as they are being
constructed out of pieces of different parts of the file.
If you do not select "A" for All to import, you will
continue to press Y to accept the current records being
displayed for approval prior to import. After you have
spot-checked a few and everything appears to be positioned
correctly, it is time efficient to choose All to expedite
the import.

After Importing

At the end of the import process, a window is displayed
showing the count of records processed. This is not
necessarily the number of accounts actually imported,
but is rather the count of records read. One debtor
may be comprised of multiple records of different types.

Once you click OK on the file scan summary, the Import
window is displayed.

Click Totals to display the Accumulator screen; this allows
you to review the total count of records scanned in this import.

Click Print and choose the import summary report. If
you don't have this report, go to www.collect.org and
check the Member Center area that is appropriate for
the version of Collect! you are running.

It is important to spot-check the files you
just imported for data integrity and
correct placement into required fields.

After importing, you may wish to recalculate
Debtors, Clients and Daysheets to bring
your totals up-to-date.